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Examples of apposite
apposite
In fact, the production's subtitle, The Secret History of Us, is more apposite.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Sinister is the most apposite word to describe what is taking place in Bahrain.
From the guardian.co.uk
For instance, the comments from Martin Carthy are new, apposite and authoritative.
From the guardian.co.uk
This would seem pretty apposite to the EU situation which Ms. Clinton decries.
From the economist.com
The author constructs his tale around an apposite metaphor, catastrophic fire.
From the time.com
The symbolism of Banana Republic's arrival in Britain is perhaps apposite.
From the hemscott.com
Edward S Herman's landmark essay The Banality of Evil has never seemed more apposite.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
There's nothing wrong with using apposite quotes from the Marxist classics.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Confucius had another maxim about revenge that is arguably more apposite.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"
- (appositeness) aptness: appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness"
- Apposition is a grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other. When this device is used, the two elements are said to be in apposition. ...
- Something that is apposite; Appropriate, relevant, well-suited; fit; Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition; Related, homologous
- (appositeness) the state of being apposite
- Adj. - appropriate, fitting, apt, suitable
